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JOSEPH W. NORMAN, oF EUGENE, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 80,657, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCE.

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TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN A Be itl known that I, JOSEPH W. NORMAN, of Eugene, in the county of Vermillion, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Portable Fence; and I dohereby declare `that the following is a full, clear,

and exactdescription of the construction and operationlof the same, reference being had to the. annexed drawings, making apart ot'. this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a top view. v p

Figure 3 is a vertical sectionV through the line :v a: of fig. 1.

In lthis invention the pickets are connected together by links, and each panel is so attached toits supportingposts that it can readily4 be detached, and folded or rolled up, forming a compact and easily-portable roll. lThe formvot the post is-also new.

VIn'the drawings, figs. 1 and Zerepresent a panel of my fence, A A being the pickets, the two `end ones o t'` each panel being designated by A A', B B being the supporting-posts: K

Each supporting-post is of cast iron, and is formed with a long, tapering point, which is driven intothe ground, and with a projecting socket, 8,0m its side, into which thc lower extremity of an end picket, A', is stepped, for the purpose pf supporting the panels.

The upper end ofthe pickets A Af is coniined securely to the posts B B by means of a sliding collar, m m, of any convenient form, which is slipped down over tops of the pickets and posts, encompassing both", and holding them closely together, as seen in figs. 1 and Below the socket s each post is cast with four vertical wings or buttresses, b o b'. One of thesebuttrcsses terminates atthe socket, .its 'upper end being slightly expanded, and having a vertical recess or mortise cast in" it, which forms' thesochet., The other three buttresses, ribs, or wings extend upward towards the top of the post. The post tapers upward and down-ward from the socket, assecn in tig. 1.

The panels are formed in the following manner: A shortk rod, r, is passed through each picket near its top, and another near its bottom, and the ends of the rods arebent so as to form hooks or eyes e c e. The pickets are then connected together byvlinks z'z', attached to the hooks ce, so *as-to form with the hooks a continuous chain from post to post, taking the place of supporting-rails or bars for the pickets. The panels being thus constructed, the end pickets A A of each panel are stepped in the sockets s s. Y

The end pickets" A A are attached to the connecting-chains or rods in the same manner as the intermediate` ones, A A, the rods passingl through them and connecting them to the fence the same as any otherA picket. A small notch may be made to receive the rods, and a key provided to secure the latter to the pickets, ifdesired.

The whole forms a very neat, light, irni, and durable fence, which can be casi-ly taken apart and transported from place to place, it being only necessary to raise the rings m m, and liftf-thipicketsA A fromtheir sockets, when the panels can be neatly rolled together, as shown in red lines in lig. 2.1 p

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The combination of the pickets A. A', the rings or collars m m, the posts B B, having the sockets s s, the rods r r, and the links iz', substantially as described. i'

JOSEPH W. NORMAN.

Witnesses SAM. GRONDYKE, Ewn. BROWN. 

